The Wicked Wit of Jane Austen - Tapa dura

Dominique Enright brings together some of Austen's most famous sayings with some less well-known witticisms. The Wicked Wit of Jane Austen is an absorbing collection of the author's sharpest, most profound and amusing observations - on human nature, money, marriage, life and society - taken from her novels and from her extremely entertaining letters. Austen's social insights remain as fresh today as when they were first published, and this delightful volume offers the reader a thematic distillation of her novels and letters. It also contains numerous quotes displaying Austen's sharp - indeed, often wicked - social observation and satirical wit. Easy to dip in to, and highly quotable, this beautifully decorated volume will delight all Austen devotees, as well as readers less familiar with her life and work.

Dominique Enright is a freelance writer and editor. Her previous works for Michael O'Mara Books include The Wicked Wit of Winston Churchill and The Wicked Wit of Jane Austen, and she is also the compiler and editor of selections from the verse of Burns, Keats, Kipling and Wordsworth. She lives in London with her husband, son and two daughters.